English Explanatory Dictionary

bee mother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A queen bee (perceived as the mother of the hive)

Word forms

bee mother bee mothers bee-mother beemother

Etymology

From bee + mother, possibly as a calque of Old English bēomōdor (“queen bee”).

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